Cover for ironing-boards.



Mmmm COPY A. H. NEUBERT. COVER FOR IRONING BOARDS.. 'AYPLIOATION' FILEDMAY 20, 1912.

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AMALIA H. NEUBERT, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COVER FOR IRONING-BOARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @en 22,1912,

Application led May 20, 1912. Serial No. 698,381.

Lib a@ whom if. may concern: I

Be it known that I, AMALIA H. NEUBERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cool( and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to covers for ironing boards, and it consists of acover adapted for boards of varying size and carrying with it means bywhich it may be quickly applied und eff etually secured to the board ina manner to completely cover it upon one side thereof and louve theironing surface perfectly smooth; the object of my invention being toprovide a cover ready for immediate and convenient application to theboard and adapted for the varying Widths and lengths of the ironingboards customarily used.

ln accordance with my invention, I pro vide a cover of suiiicient extentto entirely inclose the obverse face of the board and pass over upon thereverse face of the same, and overla p a tongue or flap that isconnected with the cover proper; the edges of th?l cover being providedwith series offyeiet openings spaced apart in a manner to receive lacingcords whereby the cover and flap are secured upon the board, ashereinafter more fully explained, with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in whichA Figure l represents a bottom plan View of myimproved cover having the sides thereof unfolded and the ends foldedover anv ironing board and with the flap in proper position; Fig. 2 is abottom View of the ironing board with the cover secured thereto; Fig. 3is a longitudinal section along line A-B of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is across section of Fig. 2 along line C--D The same reference numeralsdesignate like parts throughout the several views.

l represents an ironing board having a common form, with one end of lesswidth than the other. t

2 represents a oover having a greater length and width than the boardand adapted to be folded around the edges and ends of the board, andprovided with a series of eyelet openings 3 spaced apart along the edgesof the cover in the directionof the length thereof, and other eyeletedopenings 4,- spaced apart at the edge of one end of the cover andintermediate the sides thereof.

5 represents a Hap member having one end thereof secured to one end ofthe cover (preferably to that having the greatest width), and theopposite end thereof provided With a series of eyelet openings (i,corresponding with those in the adjacent end of the cover. x l 7represents lacing cords that are secured by the -eyeleted openings, andwhen drawn taut operate to secure the cover and flap upon the board in asmooth and eiiicient manner. l

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is:

A cover for ironing boards having, in combination, eyes spaced apartalong opposite edges and one end thereof, a flap having one end securedto one end of said cover and the opposite end thereof provided witheyes, the sides of the cover overlapping said flap, and lacing cordsreceived by said eyes, and securing said flap and cover in operativeposition.

AMATJA HQNEUBERT.

Witnesses:

C. C.Y PALMER, F. W. Herrnms'rnu.

